Let’s be honest, no one ever really liked Alexei Zhamnov for the simple reason that he was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for the fan favorite Jeremy Roenick.
Roenick had it all personality, courageous on the ice, USA too, and Zhamnov didn’t have any of that including not being a United States citizen.
Zhamnov was a very consistent scorer. When he came up with the Winnipeg Jets, he once scored 5 goals in a game, but when he came to the Chicago Blackhawks his scoring was more like 20 a season which would have been fine to all if it weren’t for that Roenick trade.